FWIW, I offer the following ongoing story: I've been invited to a Latin language country to spend 2 days this June teaching how to write "international" journal articles. I was surprised at first. I was told that the scholars in this country have basically been writing reports for the government and NGOs, or for their own journals -- not much refereeing. So it appears that it is not the language I am teaching, but how to write for journals in the North American traditions. (Note "s" at the end of the word). And while I have the floor, an apology to the guy whose name I spelled wrongly the other day. It wasn't that I was putting him down, as he too-quickly charged, it is that when I respond to the digest, other names are not easily visible to me. I did want to respond to misleading information that was being put out about AOIR in Toronto, but I also had "Connected Lives" page proofs due that day (all 50 pp!), the phone was ringing (archaic instrument that I keep around), and I was fighting the clock. Time stress is the explanation, and not an effort to put down by sloppy spelling. When I put some one down, I do it up front. BTW, while I find the linguistic discussion interesting, is it really an AoIR issue? Barry _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 To network is to live; to live is to network _____________________________________________________________________